*p1680 11 01 dg The Spanish Fryar; or, The Double Discovery. Edition of 1681: Prologue-; Torrismond-Betterton; Bertran-Williams; Alphonso-Wiltshire; Lorenzo-Smith; Raymond-Gillo; Pedro-Underhill; Gomez-Nokes; Dominic-Lee; Leonora-Mrs Barry; Teresa-Mrs Crofts; Elvira-Mrs Betterton; Epilogue [by a Friend of the Author's [$Robert Wolseley=]-.*c1680 11 01 dg The <i>Duke's Company</i>. The date of the first production is not certain, particularly since an entry in <i>L. C.</i> 5@145, p. 120 (see also <i>Nicoll, Restoration Drama</i>, p. 349) lists this play for 8 March, the year uncertain. Since the entry follows one for <i>The Souldier's Fortune</i> which followed the premiere of <i>The Female Prelate</i>, 31 May 1680, the <i>L. C.</i> entry probably is one for 8 March 1680@1. That the premiere occurred near 1 Nov. 1680 is suggested by a letter of $Anne Montague= to $Lady Hatton=, 1 Nov. 1680: For I never see the towne fuller, for I was to see the new play, <i>The Spanish Frier</i>, and there was all the world, but the $Court= is a letell dull yet; the $Queen= being sick, there is noe drawing room (<i>Hatton Correspondence</i>, <i>Camden Society</i>, XXII [1878], 240). A song, <i>Farewell ungratefull Traytor</i>, with music by $Captain Pack= and sung by $Mrs Crofts=, is in Act V. For $Leigh='s and $Nokes=' acting, see <i>Cibber, Apology</i>, ed. $Lowe=, I, 143, 145-46. $Downes= (<i>Roscius Anglicanus</i>, p. 37): 'Twas Admirably Acted, and produc'd vast Profit to the Company.